COMMENTARY | The U.S. is behind the eight ball with about $15 trillion of national debt. If everyone carried one dollar in debt we'd need more than 2,000 copies of this planet to reach the same debt level held by the U.S. The so-called supercommittee has failed to reach an agreement on how to manage the nation's out-of-control debt. The supercommittee was killed by Republican kryptonite.
Republicans see themselves as men of steel will. They can run faster than an investigative subcommittee, are more powerful than a filibuster and can leap tall mounds of common sense in a single bound. When exposed to a proposal that might make rich people and big companies have to carry their fair share of the nation's burdens, though, they wither.
Republicans operate from the same playbook. They say they want lower taxes, but what they really want is lower taxes on rich people and corporations. They say they want small government, although they are perfectly ready to take advantage of government programs when it helps them, rich people or big business.
They claim to value freedom, as long as that means people are free to act like Republicans. When confronted with any threat to their playbook or when asked to make rich people and big business shoulder some of the national burden, they are stunned. Their powers weaken and they flop around like fish out of water.
Unfortunately for the average citizen, Republicans have found a defense against common sense kryptonite. They stick their figurative fingers in their ears, close their eyes, and bellow "La La La! I can't hear you! I can't hear you!" until the painful common sense goes away.
Karl Rove predictably blamed the supercommittee failure on the president and has only dogma as evidence. John Kerry blames the Republicans and backs up his assertion with numbers. Sadly, President Barack Obama didn't call Republicans to the carpet sternly enough. He should have taken a page from the George W. Bush playbook and blasted them for the unpatriotic, citizen-victimizing stance they have taken.
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